Laugh to Keep from Crying
 |
Laugh to Keep from Crying is a play written and directed by American playwright Tyler Perry. The show first opened in the fall of 2009. The play is a mixture of comedy, drama, and music, set at a inner-city building in a predominantly African-American neighborhood.
| Laugh to Keep from Crying | |
|---|---|
| File:LGE D30998D.jpg | |
| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Chandra Currelley-Young Cheryl Pepsii Riley D'Atra Hicks Támar Davis Palmer Williams, Jr Donny Sykes Stephanie Ferrett Wess Morgan Anthony Dalton with Rachel Richards |
Release date | 08/30/2011 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
The story revolves around a small group of people living in an inner-city building in a predominantly African-American neighborhood. Carol (Cheryl Pepsii Riley) is a single mother raising two teenagers: Tony (Donny Sykes), who is studious and participates in gospel choir; and Lisa (Tamar Davis), who is rebellious and refuses to attend church. She works long hours during the day, and is good friends with Belinda (Chandra Currelley-Young), their neighbor across the hall. Carol and Belinda disapprove of Niecey (D'Atra Hicks), their upstairs neighbor who is a prostitute. Peter (Wess Morgan) and Anna (Stephanie Ferrett) are a white couple who have moved into the building to save money while Peter attends law school. Anna's recently widowed mother, Jane (Rachel Richards). Floyd (Palmer Williams, Jr) is the superintendent.
Cast
- Cheryl Pepsii Riley as Carol
- Chandra Currelley-Young as Belinda
- Palmer Williams, Jr as Floyd
- D'Atra Hicks as Niecy
- Támar Davis as Lisa
- Donny Sykes as Tony
- Stephanie Ferrett as Anna
- Rachel Richards as Jane
- Anthony Dalton as Donnie
- Celestin Cornielle as Eddie
- Wess Morgan as Peter
